Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her hair , red snakes struggling to free themselves from the hairpins , was the only vital thing about her . |
| 2 | The warm-blooded supporters tend to ally themselves with the supporters of a theory about the relationships of the dinosaurs . |
| 3 | Holly straightened himself , shrugged at his shoulders to try to rid himself of the weariness , gazed back at the man 's face . |
| 4 | These are the remains of unfortunate wretches driven to kill themselves in a futile attempt to escape the torments of the Castle . |
| 5 | All three brothers had settled themselves in the area , Nathan 's being a pleasant semi-detached residence of three storeys . |
| 6 | He had gagged for hours following the ordeal , convinced that one of the dog 's hairs had lodged itself at the very back of his throat where his fingers were unable to reach . |
| 7 | She had got as far as pulling out her suitcase , which looked scruffier than ever now that her eyes had accustomed themselves to the comfortable luxury of Luke Hunter 's flat , and laying it open on the bed before something inside her rebelled . |
| 8 | Harry went slowly and cautiously through the gully , feeling his way at every step until his eyes had accustomed themselves to the darkness , and could judge distances and distinguish the shapes of the weathered planes of rock that leaned over him . |
| 9 | About ten years later , although the clock said differently , she appeared , eyes trying to adjust themselves from the strong sunlight to the shady cool of the bar . |
| 10 | The phrase ‘ Protocols-style ’ carries a critical rhetoric , suggesting that the authors wished to distance themselves from the traditions of the conspiracy theory . |
| 11 | As regards its notoriety as a ‘ land of damnation and chains ’ , a domain of perpetual punishment and pain — this , too , is grimly rooted in the very real sufferings of generations of convicts , rebels , revolutionaries , common criminals and multitudes of often innocent men , women and children , who for nearly four centuries have dragged themselves along the ‘ road of chains ’ ( kandalnaya doroga ) leading beyond the Urals . |
| 12 | Therefore , once the parties have committed themselves to an offer and acceptance , it is too late to introduce new terms . |
| 13 | It is this structuralist mode , through which the particularities of the object world at a given time may help generate the objectifications by which a set of social relationships comes to know itself through an array of everyday taxonomies which makes Bourdieu 's work such an advance on previous analyses of consumption . |
| 14 | At the beginning of June the companies began marketing themselves as a ‘ total service ’ to corporate clients , a one-stop-shop for print buyers from desk top to finished brochure . |
| 15 | It ill behoves Opposition Members constantly , for ideological reasons , to decry my Department 's sponsorship of the sale of arms to friendly countries wishing to defend themselves within the terms of , for example , article 51 of the United Nations charter . |
| 16 | Serious effects fail to show themselves in the majority of reasonably pacific , law-abiding citizens , who , as a boy or girl , enjoyed the sense of power and childish delight of identifying with a fictional hero . |
| 17 | As to conflict of interest , the judge held that the defendants had put themselves in a position where their self-interest in obtaining commission on both sales might ( not did ) conflict with their duty to the plaintiff . |
| 18 | Britain 's social engineers had prided themselves on the ability to plan as they had done during the war . |
| 19 | Local youngsters have formed themselves into an action group in Ness and have repaired and redecorated the community hall , sponsored a Job Creation project for further improvements to the kitchen facilities and environs , formed a local band , organised a sponsored clean up , established representation within the Community Association and plan to develop a workshop attached to the hall . |
| 20 | Many foreign brands have established themselves in the former Soviet Union for the sake of the publicity , but Baskin-Robbins becomes one of the few to commit themselves to manufacturing there . |
| 21 | The commencement power er will not be put into effect by the Home Secretary until he knows that the other countries have accommodated themselves to the new arrangements . |
| 22 | European countries refused to include themselves in the Rio summit agreement requiring developing countries to introduce sustainable forest management by 2000 . |
| 23 | The ad says that ‘ many emigres have found themselves in a position to assist the FBI in its counterintelligence mission ’ . |
| 24 | Rovers have lifted themselves off the bottom of the table … but United can win … |
| 25 | How many of you who read these lines have found yourself in a similar predicament , being denied personal recognition for your achievements . |
| 26 | While other institutions needed to accommodate themselves to the decline of formulary procedure and the new predominance of cognitio , trusts were in need of no adjustment . |
| 27 | ‘ Lowden Guitars has established itself as a prestige company producing a specialised product for a specialised market . |
| 28 | Although the Republicans had pledged themselves to a tough stand against the Soviet Union , they could not ignore the fact that Stalin 's death in 1953 opened the possibility of improvement in East-West relations . |
| 29 | It had long been understood that , while the refugee camps of the East Bank had remained pro-PLO ever since the events of 1970–1 , the wealthier Palestinians had incorporated themselves into the Jordanian establishment . |
| 30 | Behavioural psychologists prefer to limit themselves to the physically observable . |